Pictured: £5 million cash found stashed in London flat by television crew filming bailiffs documentary

The money, found in US dollars, was discovered in a wooden box during filming for a new Channel 5 series

A television crew filming a documentary about bailiffs stumbled across more than £5 million stashed in a flat.

The cash, in US dollars, was found in a wooden box in the apartment.

The crew, believed to be filming a programme for a Channel 5 series, had followed the bailiffs to the property in East London where they were executing a warrant to recover money in a separate issue.

Police were called and seized the cash, amounting to $8.5million dollars (£5.1million), which has been sent for authentication.

The flat is located near the Docklands financial district and London City Airport.

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Bailiffs carrying out a search were shocked to discover $5.1 million in dollars in a residential flat

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called at approximately 1025hrs on Wednesday, 11 June to an address in Wards Wharf Apartments, E16 after a large quantity of cash was found by bailiffs who were executing a warrant there.”

A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and has been released on bail to a date in mid-August.

Police confirmed there was no terrorism connection.

The scale of money laundering was revealed last month after a gang of 32 men who ‘cleansed’ more than £180 million for drug traffickers were jailed for a total of 140 years.

The huge scam saw a staggering £44 million deposited into a single bank in Small Heath, Birmingham.

But the racket was smashed by National Crime Agency officers, who filmed bags of cash being exchanged in the city.